a J»wjj^'^-Bi »" wg 33n saiiwjwu u^aaifci- iw a 



76 



^\]t iarmcr'0 itlanti)lij bisitor. 



this s-ilt WHS SKiil ii!U from Bristol, with llio Col- 

 lo»viii;r(lliei.'li()ii3 : " Tiir; (]ii.iiitity usually applied 

 is ulioiit '^ cvvt. per ;ici'i'. K|inii grass lauds or 

 •rrowiri;,' rrop.-!, It iiiny lie.'^owii broiidiMr^t ; or in 

 prei);iriii;j; the lauil Ihr seuils, il juijy he liv.vrovved 

 lightly into the ;^'rnuiid ; or it ttiny he udxod up 

 in any proporliDM with soil or tiny decaje<l ve^'- 

 elahl:! iiiiittsr ih:it iiiiy Im most ea-sily prOourod." — 

 III the present case, the qtinntily used was 25J 

 ihs., whieli after lieiilg rediu-odand made t<dera- 

 hly fine, was sown by iKiUd unmixed with any 

 ctlier snlistanci'. A lortnis;lit after the appliea- 

 lion, i rou! uUed a triHin^ differcneein the eolor 

 ol' the yonn^ plants, wiii'-h seeiiipd to he of a 

 [jaler irreen th:i:i iliose adjoiiiinjf ; hni this soon-i ri.T|!Mii!ig 



ciian^jed, and was snceeedr-d hy n fine healthy 



green, vvhieh they retained during the rest of the 

 season. The crop wasahunt the same thiekness 

 as uhera the gnano was iisefl, ami ot" an avera;:e 

 liei;;ht. The prodnco j;ave of straw, SCO Ihs.; oC 

 jrrain, 2-"J; ihs.: equal to 47i Imshels per ueie. — 

 Between this aiul guano, there is a (liHerenee in 

 favor ol' the latter of IS Ihs. in the weiijht of straw, 

 and 20 Ills, in grain ; « liile the drfferenee in the 

 cost of sidpliuic of amiiionia is nearly donhle 

 that of yuano. 



i.'n(;//;'ii5;-i//-i).>i the far.ny.2r1l. — Tlie value of 

 liquid manure is well knowi-.: tl:e trial whieh 

 wn* nj:!de in this inslanof, was hi;;hly satisfiictory, 

 and t-r)nfirins the opiniiiii I have Ions enlertained. 



lug diseuyaged from the drmn or cvliuder of the 

 muehiue, 011 which it is coiled, is left at the hot- 

 torn of the trench, or as deep ii] the groimd as 

 the machine was guased to rmi, hy an adjust- 

 ment ol the "heels. 'I'he pipe for I'rof. Alorse's 

 telegiaph has heel, laid hy it for tiie distance of 

 ahout ten miles. In ilUisMation of the rapidity 

 anil success of its work, four hiiudred and fifty 

 I'eet of pipe were laid, at the deplh of f.veuly in- 

 ches, aii'l eomjdetely covered in the short time 

 of live minutes, including' one stop of nearly 

 three minutes. It is estimated that three miles 

 of pipe can he easily laid in ii day with this iiia- 

 eliiiie, uhen the ground is I'lee from ohstruction, 

 team of from ic. o to four y.'ke ot 

 oxen or sjians ol" horses, ac<Mrding to the nature 

 of the soil and depth at wliii-li tlie pipe is laid. — 

 One niay re,;dily imagine that the power reijui- 

 site to ujove so ihiii a hladi.- as this iiistrnnieut 

 has, thiongh all oidinary_ soils, cannot be great. 

 The plough «as suggested originiiliy for the 

 purpose of laying pipe for Professor .Morse's tel- 

 egraph, but is adapted no less to the laying of 

 had pipe for conducting water. It v\ill prove 

 important to the agriculturists, as it will afliird 

 liicilities for irrigation or watering stock. — Bal- 

 timore Jlmcrican. 



Exi'.'-;mmf.K'is. — Allhongh science throws 

 nmch light ujion many branches of agriculture,' 

 that morn attention ought to be paid to the proj)- \ vet uotliing in this art is susceptible of nl.soluie 

 «r formalioii of dgng-hea|is, as well as to the ma- 1 demonstration aside from experiment. The val- 

 kin^- ;ind pi-pserving of ll()nid inaniire iii tauk«. "« nud eifect of manures can only be tested in 

 &c., than is the geneial practice. Were this the j '!us way — the best methods of nji|)lying them, 

 case, I am persnaded it would be far nifneaiKiui- ' ■' * » '• • .. „ . . 



l.igeous to the farmer, than spending his money 

 fur foreign snhstauces, not mois iuiwerfnl thai) 



those which may heolitaiued, at much less cost, 

 from other agents within our reach, if tlie means i 

 are only adopted to secure ihein. Here we have 

 the tact of the common drainiiig.'5 of the flirm- 

 Vani giving a return equal to that obtained from 

 the finest manure of which we have any kliovvl- 

 •■dgc. The quantity used was 100 gallons, or 

 1000 gallons per acre, not in the strong-, brown 

 colored Slate il appears when rimning from the 

 stables or cattle houses, b ;t diluted v-.ith water 

 until it resemided what is commonly tised for 

 gardening purposes. It is diflicnit to mid<e the 

 .'i'eaer.d reader understand this; l;:it ] should 

 think one gallon of the dark-eolored liquid, to 

 two gallons of water, would lie near the right 

 [iroportions. The a|)pearauceof tjie gfain was 

 reriarkahly stnri'j; .Mid healthv. The weight of 



or S-ii 



.straw was 300 ihs.; of grain, i 

 ijusliels per acre. 



Jl' theefrecls of guano and some of the other 

 iiiimir<?s were such as to excite surprise, I think 

 the result of this experiment will a[)|iear no less 

 remarkable, as ii supplies us with eviiieucp in 

 proof of liie great value of liquid u;anure, which, 

 J regret to say, is either lillle aitcuded to, or u hol- 

 ly permitted to run to waste. In this [larticular, 

 i believe it wiil be genere.lly !idu.!lie(l there is 

 "rent room for imfirovemeiit ; ami it is to be 

 Imped iliP lime is not far di>tant when the facts 

 • Icrsvcd from these and siufilar exp<-riiuenls, will 

 Ik,' the means cd' causing- a better system of man- 

 ugpinenl to be iuirodnred. 



,\ portion of equal extent l.i those allotted for 

 each e\perin.:nt was set tqiart for coir.piuison, 

 and found to produce, without manure, in straw 

 ISi lbs.: iu grain, 200 ib.s. or at 'the rate 

 bushels per acre. 



The suhjoiii'cd table will more leadilv 

 the results of the several experinu'uts: 

 Kinl of M.iinire. Prodife per acre. 



N^'thiuL', 40 bush. 



1. .^^llrate of srida, 37^ " 



" Sulphate of soilu, 4:i} " 



;5. Gii.iuo, ,50 " 



■!. i^ulj.'h. of amni'uiii, 47,J " 



J. Draiidiigs of faim-vards. ,52i " 



W. B, BOOTH. 



of 40 

 show 



&.C. ,\uy farmer is capable of conduciiiig some 

 one 01- \\\o, which, if done in a carefiil man- 

 ner, may be of essential service. Tiiis mailer 

 might be easily managed amongst a few, each of 

 wh.un will agree to try, say one, and we sluuild 

 be glad to receive the resulis in the auiiinm. — 

 Let each one fix ujion his own, and see th:a it 

 is carrieil out fully and fairly, ar.d every particu- 

 l.ir noted down, so as to be put togetiier when 

 the experi:neut is finishcil. Now is the proper 

 time, u hen the Spring plautiiig is gouig on. 

 If our hoiiicultural friends will take the hint, 

 and try something of the kind upon garden veg- 

 etables,!! may be juoductive of great benefit to 

 ihemselves if not to other.s.— A'etiiurg-.'t Tc/e- 

 graph. 



Whkat. — Several of our exchange papers 

 from Warj land and Virginia, mention the line 

 prospects of an abundant harvest of \vheat, pre- 

 sented by the fields; and we were about to col- 

 lect "ome or these notices as signs of the times, 

 wlieu a frienil, ihiin Berks county, called tuui 

 meniioned to us, th.u tiiitil witldn" a ihw da\s 

 p.ist, the uheat fiehls in his neighhoihood were 

 full of promi-e, but l.ndy, the '■ fly'' has m.ide its 

 appear.-mce, iuid h.is been most destructively ae- 

 livc. '\'iiere he had ex[iecteil .fioni tvvelve" hmi- 

 dred to thirteen hundred bushels, he cannot now 

 hope for three hundred; and his experience is 

 that of a great many with whom ho conversed, 

 and wlio.se fields be saw as he came towards the 

 city.— r. .S'. GnztUe. 



was rescued. An act so generous and consider- 

 ate — remarked the journals of the next morning, 

 immensely increased the popularity of the bitiif 

 gros. 



Von may guess ihe vivacity of the pmhlic in- 

 terest in this exhihiliuu from the cirrnmsianee 

 ihat when the two oxen were to arrive from 

 Koueii, the concourse at the railroad tertuinus^ 

 prevented the possibility of moving in a carriage ; 

 all Ihe streets leading to it were thronged, and the 

 entry proved an ovation throughout die consid- 

 erable distance to the sho|) ol' Monsieur Rolland, 

 the envied purchaser among the viclualler.s, — 

 The aggregate weight of the t\vo oxen was 2.310 

 kill. grams — five ihousand and tueuty French lbs. 

 The height of one was remarkable. They r.re 

 soon to be slaughleied iu (in 111, and this will ho 

 a second festival near the unequidled ahat- 

 toirs. 



It is truly ohservi li of our Carnival period that 

 you bind yourself by solemn vosv to slay at 

 home — to be tpiiet — toiii»dain the general verti- 

 go or delirium ; hut the noise iiaades your in- 

 most domestic recess,and_sou sally forth iit length 

 and surrender yourself to the uliole sport, fliy 

 resolves of application by daylight «ere thus 

 liiistrat.ed. Tiio gravest gazer may find some 

 vxciife in the reflection that there are convcii- 

 lioiial mummeries iu every departo cut of hiiu an 

 public action. The piomenade of the fat ox is 

 traced by archiohi;;ists to the worship which 

 ihe Gauls paid to the zodiacal hull ; and the fi-eiis 

 incli/tii Fruncurum, have been tenacious ot the 

 original |irocesaiouary pomp. From the SOili 

 December to the middle of January, and through- 

 out ihi.- month uniil Ash \\ i^^luesday, every class 

 of the piipnlation was under a vvild excitement 

 of periodical frolic and extravagance. The i\jont 

 de Biete and iis twenty two branches ilid, of 

 course, considerably more business than at other 

 periods; the hospilals received more tenants; 

 the lists of inscrilicd paupers grew enormously, 

 and the criminal calendar in due proportion. 



A .Mr. FzR.v Coa.NEi.L, of Ithaca, New York, 

 has invented a plough of g>-cat iiifrit and much 

 siiupliciry for hiyiiig lead pipes iu ihe earth bv 

 .-■uiuial po'.ver, and wilhout exravatiiui hy hand. 

 The ihir-knoss of the share, made of cast •iron, 

 IS in proportion to the size of the pipe desired 

 to be l.iid ; and of course, it is moved through 

 the earth with corresponding ease, causing but 

 a n;n-row cot or crack in the earth, which read- 

 ily clu.«es as the michine advances ; the pipe bo- 



The Butchers and O.ten of Pmis. 



?dr. Walsh, in a late letter to the National Iii- 

 leiligeiieer, deserihiug soir.e of the carnival (cs- 

 liviliesiii [''ari,-', remarks tlitit the triiimphsof llip 

 external revelry and show belonged to tlie butch- 

 ers, their ladies, and the victualling funclioii.-irie.s 

 of every degree and descrijjticn, cousliiutlng a 

 host, lie descrihes the procession as follows. 



They marched over the capital wiih their two 

 huge oxen atiireil laiilastieahy — all Olympus in 

 their gorgeous car. aud rcaiiy ."xhus .-.ud .Minerva 

 were robust, ruddy, well proporiioned ai'diichlv 

 hedizz.-md humanity, of which the divinities 

 might have lieoii proud. .\t the corner of the 

 streets Castiglione and St. Ilonore, J saw one of 

 the Amazons imhoised by u coliis'roii with the 

 nnriily imimal ol' a splendid trumpeter, hut .-"lie 

 recovered her seat with wonderful comf.-osiire 

 aud agility, .^'lll liar from this, one of the chil- 

 dren iu mythological costume, perclicd 011 a j-ol- 

 (leii piiirm on the back of a sixteen hands' horse, 

 lidl olf jus! at the feet of the ox called '• the mmi- 

 .>u-rof tiie spect.-iide." It was uiiiversaily expect- 

 ed that Ihe Cupid would be instantly lioiuh n to 

 derail ; ami a suitable sensation and confluence 

 of the crowd ensued; but his Bovial Miausty 

 hidied ;;t once, of his own accord, and the bov 



From the .N. E. Farinc-r. 

 African Guauo. 

 To Ihe Editor of liw A'. E. Farnur. 



Dear Sir — I send yon a short notice of the 

 above, from a paper by Dr. John Davy, in the 

 April number of the Rdinboro' Piiilosophical 

 Journal. The .Vtlicaii Guano has been iniporl- 

 ed into Liverpool by Air. Roe, whose son has 

 discovered this new and ahimdant deposit. It is 

 on an i-sland, a barren rock, on the S. W. coast 

 of .^'rioa, about 3 miles from main laud. Tho 

 son of Mr. Roe was led to look tor it, from a 

 notice iu the journal of ;ui American w baler, 

 which he ret'd wlieii at schocd. ,Vo r.iiu nor fresh 

 water is found on the islaiiil, nor does there ap- 

 pear to Ik:, iu fict, any thing except penguins, 

 and a c/e/)osi/ e/" j>-H((i?o, twenly feet deep, over the 

 tcAo/e w.'a/iJ, which is about a mile in cjrcumt'er- 

 eiice. The [penguins were so lame llmt they 

 pecked at the naked feel of Mr. Roe aud his com- 

 panion. 



The Afrie'au giiano has the external charc.ctPrs 

 of Ihe South American, aud etich afforded Dr. 

 Davy as fidlov^s ; 

 .ijnerican. .ifrican. 



■i!.'; -lO.i—W.ntlfr soluble in writer, volatile, 



or destructive by fire, beiug 01- 

 al.lte uf .inuTioni.T, liiphoepiiatn 

 and Rjuri.ite oC aiamoiiia, luid 

 animal ninller. 

 -8.2 — f'lioeplwite ol' lime and miignesin, 

 iUlle feuliilinte of limo aiid siind. 

 G.4 — CouHiion Mil, sutphulo ,^.nd scsiiui- 



c-irboii:itc of potash. 

 0.0 — I'riite of aniiaoiii.i. 

 ~.i.~ — \V:.tcrar.J carbonate of anunoiiia. 



29.0 



2.3 



JO 



8. 



100. . lUO. 



Your readers w ill be no less surprised thai) was 

 Dr. Davy, at finding 110 vrale ot' .■immonia in this 

 African guano. It .ihounds iu crystals «[ oxalate 

 of ammonia, hut coiiiains noo.ra.'a/e of lime, nor 

 traces of tuea. The absence of !i)a(e of amiiio- 

 iiiu is very lemarkable, as this salt is so very 

 cbaracteiistii- of the urine of lyrds, alwjiys void- 

 ed with their exiuement. Dr. Davy instituted 

 new analysis of the excrenienls of seieral birds, 

 aud conrirmed the received opinion lhat male of 

 ammonia is alway.'i n constituent of bird excre- 

 iiieiit, whaiini'r maybe the food of ihe bird. — 

 Thus, he fiiniid urate of ammonia iu the common 

 goose, fed on grass; in the pigeon, coinmbn fowl, 

 gull, pelican, iiud wiiite-licaded sea eagle. The 



